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WHY WOULD GOD TELL A SPIRITUAL LEADER TO MARRY A WOMAN WHO WOULD CAUSE HIM HEARTACHE AND EMBARRASSMENT? (HOSEA 1:2)

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God often required prophets to carry out what we would consider highly unusual object lessons. Jeremiah wore a ruined loincloth around his waist (Jeremiah 13). Isaiah paraded about stripped of clothing (Isaiah 20). Ezekiel lay on his left side for more than a year and on his right side more than a month (Ezekiel 4), shaved his head with a sword (Ezekiel 5), and was forbidden to mourn when his wife died (Ezekiel 24). These strange actions were primarily. Continue reading WHY WOULD GOD TELL A SPIRITUAL LEADER TO MARRY A WOMAN WHO WOULD CAUSE HIM HEARTACHE AND EMBARRASSMENT? (HOSEA 1:2)